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lundi 18 avril 2011

Sorcerer, a William Friedkin's
movie, is the first a long collaboration between Tangerine Dream and the Big
Screen. Since, Edgar Froese and accomplices covered an impressive number of films,
and documentaries, of a music that fits very often and very well all images and
dimensions. For this movie, strangely dark needs to admit, Froese, Franke and
Baumann had to elaborate a new artistic approach; compose short and structured
tracks for a movie that they only read the scenario. A tour de force if we
consider the result because, as the movie, the soundtrack is dark and
lugubrious and commands TD to create for the first time short tracks. At this
time, the German trio was in the full spirit of Stratosfear and Encore and
there are full of reminiscences all along this soundtrack that some fans judged
superior to the movie itself. Well, let’s discover.

Main Title opens the ball on a
very dense and dark atmospheric hymn. The approach is very atmospheric and
similar to the strangeness that TD shows on Invisible Limits with a very
spectral synth filled of harsh reverberations. The Search presents a heavy wavy
sequenced structure that roll in loops with a symphonic synth and Edgar guitar
who’s match his solos to synth moves. It’s a nice and melodious track that has
a scent of what we heard on Encore. The Call is a short track with a fine
pulsating mood and languishing synth solos. Once again, we have the impression
of déjà heard whereas Creation presents a fragile sequence that pulses lightly
among deep synth pads and short guitar solos which create a real desert
ambiance pattern. Vengeance is a strange bolero that evolves on slamming
cymbals and synths with gloomy harmonies. Tangerine Dream is perfectioning the
sinister aspect with this haughtiness march. Hopping sequences and a nice fluty
mellotron shape The Journey short and beautiful melody while Grind presents the
very first musical draw of what will become The Scale but with a more symphonic
approach. Rainforest is another dark track that runs on pulsating and unbridled
sequence which are surrounded by various and static pads. It’s a dark and very
experimental track of which the beat is circular and magnetism like a race
against time.Abyss is the longest track on
Sorcerer. We can hear it as a collage from various sound themes exploit on
Sorcerer, I’m thinking in particular to Main Title, The Call, Creation and The
Journey, but the track evolves with a nice wave sequenced pattern surrounded by
nice synth pads. I like that pulsating and spinning sequence that run like
water under the bridge and like this constant race against time which is the
main topic of the movie. The track exploits a lot of theme for its length and
goes from upbeat and wavy sequences to deep abyssal moods. It’s a great track.
Softer but pretty nice The Mountain Road brings a silkier and lighter breath
whereas Impressions of Sorcerer rocks with its tablas percussions, double fast
sequences and a symphonic synth which complete Edgar’s guitar solos. Betrayal
(Sorcerer Theme) is the track of this first TD soundtrack. Chords fuse and
merge in a spectral way on sequences which wave with dark loops and a synth
with a very gloomy atmosphere. The melody is very nice and reminds of some
other TD music, especially these long synth loops that seem to whistle in the
dark. It’s a very good track with nice sequencing and tenebrous synth moods.

Sorcerer has the defaults of its
qualities. Obviously we would love to hear longer tracks but the deal was short
and atmospheric tracks. But there are lot of melodies behind and in each of
them, even the ambient ones which are not many after all. Of course, when you’ll
heard it for the first time you will be deceive by these short tracks but when
you will dig deeper you will find all the finesse of TD’s art, especially from
this wonderful trio that is Baumann, Franke and Froese. Sorcerer is a great
soundtrack. It just needs your patience to understand that the music really
fits the spirit of the movie and then, everything will be set in your mind.

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My name is Sylvain Lupari from Joliette in Quebec (Canada). I’m known as Phaedream all over the Internet since the beginning of 2000 where I started to write reviews. In 2005, I joined the French Webzine Guts of Darkness and on August 2010 I created a Blog, Synth & Sequences, which has reached the point of 1 000,000 visitors on February 2017 where I also wrote my 1354th review. In French and in English, I wrote more than reviews of EM albums.
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